As the group exited the old building, Denx could smell a horrible, noxious fume. It was even worse than the musty smell of the passage way. He scowled, and started to follow Clove. He nearly ran into the back of him, when he looked up. Levitating slightly off of the ground were three beings; morphs of Agatha, to be exact.
"Agatha... so you used Gengar's powers to make yourself look young? Interesting, but kind of pathetic," Clove said. So, the one in the middle was Agatha, and the two surrounding her were simply guards. This task was going to be harsh, an Elite Four member already, when they had issues with the first few gym leaders.
Now is not the time to doubt our capabilities, Denx thought. He had never been so serious in his life. Not when his life was at stake at every moment. Never would he have thought that he would end up like this, cautious on every step he took.
"Ember and another of you stay here and take care of these guards. Don't go easy on them... they're good. Whoever is left go on to Lavender. and BE CAREFUL," Clove said, with a hint of defiance. Denx saw Jade head off to Lavender. She had the right, Denx thought. He slightly remembered her story when he had first joined, but it was nothing more than debriefing. And Denx hated debriefing. He could only remember that she came from Lavender: reason enough for Denx. Since she was gone, that left either the Blaziken morph or himself. Denx hadn't been in action for a while, and started to feel the urge to fight..
Ember quickly engaged the Haunter morph. She was busy, while the other morph, Mismagius by appearance, swiftly circled Denx as he approached her. She was a few inches off of the ground. She lunged quickly at him, knocking him off of his feet. Her physical strength wasn't so much as great, thankfully. He rolled quickly out of the way of a small energy ball, that whirred by him. He leapt up, and just missed her with his foot. He landed, and lunged again, but she repeated the same motion, and dodged narrowly.
I think this calls for some power! Denx thought. He started to crackle, and his fist lit up with sparks. He aimed his fists at the quickly-moving morph, and fired. A small ball of electricity flew at her, and she dodged again. She looked back as the small, seemingly harmless ball erupted, the shockwaves blowing violently. He aimed his still lit hands up into the sky, and shouted.
"Flash!"
Again, his hands erupted with light, but no electricity. The entire area grew blinding bright for a split second, then normal. Denx looked down from his position to see the Mismagius feeling around, her arm up against the side of the old building. He dashed near her, and slammed his foot into her stomach. Just as he was an inch from making contact, the morph looked up, and smirked.
"Dark Pulse!" she shouted. Denx was stopped in mid-air, and sent backward by a nasty aura, that instilled evil thoughts into his mind for a split second. He landed on his back, and scowled. The Mismagius leapt up, landed on his stomach, and launched off of it.
"OOF!" was all that could come out of his mouth. He sat up, and he saw the morph turning around in the air, "great," he spat.
She flew threw the air, but she didn't strike Denx. She rose up and up into the air. She wouldn't stop rising, and left Denx curious.
"What is she doing..?" he asked out loud. He heard her announce something from far up into the sky.
"..stee Plot.." he heard echo from above. Again he heard it.
"Nast.. Plot.."
"Nasty Plot"
"Uh-oh" Denx said, figuring out what she was doing. She was maximizing her power, where Denx couldn't hit her.. accurately anyway. Suddenly, a large explosion sent him flying through the air. A horrible burst, something like he had never heard before. Except in Vermillion.
"An explosion??" he said, lifting his body off the ground. He looked up to see part of the sky covered in complete darkness. It condensed into a small ball, and dropped from the great height.
"Shadow Ball," he heard from right behind him. He whirled around, and there was no one. He looked up, and saw the ball of shadows curve near the ground, and direct itself at Denx. His eyes widened. With the power of three Nasty Plots, he knew he was in trouble. He whispered to himself.
"..quick attack," he breathed, trying not to spoil his plan of evasion. He zoomed around, but the ball redirected itself, and time seemed to slow. It whirred by him, and slammed into the wall of trees, equalling the blast of the previous explosion. He was sent reeling through the air again, shrapnel and shadows flying everywhere. A bunch of leaves smacked him in the back of the head as he soared through the air, eventually hitting the ground rolling.
